Portugal is in the geographical periphery of Europe, occupying most of the oceanic coastal line of the Iberian Peninsula. Its geological characteristics, flora and fauna are shared with Europe's Mediterranean region. It is its position as the Western tip of the European continent that puts Portugal (and Sagres) in the privileged spatial position for the maritime expansion in the 15th-17th century, but it is also its peripheral situation that instils a somewhat subservient place in relation with 18th-19th-20th century European centres. Between a rock and a hard place, Portuguese historiography developed in the 20th century shows mixed feelings about our colonial past.
What does it mean then to be in the centre or in the periphery of History?
How does one person, city or nation get to be in the centre of the scientific narratives? But, more to the point, what does it mean for the scientific knowledge being produced or being assimilated?
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